Feed-rack



(ModeL) B. P. WAGGONER.

FEED BACK. No. 825,461. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VVAGGONER, OF LITOHFIELD, ILLINOIS.

FEED-RACK.

SPECEFF TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,461, dated September 1, 1885,

Application filed April 10, 1885. (Model.)

Zo aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAGGONER, of Litchfield, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois,have invent ed a new and useful Improvement in Feed- Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved feed-racks, part being broken away. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional end elevation of the sammtaken through the line a: m, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to provide feed'racks for feeding hay and other fodder to stock which shall be so constructed as to prevent the fodder from being wasted and prevent hogs from having access to the fodder, and which can be readily moved from place to place.

The invention relates to a feed-rack construetcd with ends having recesses in their bottom bars and pins attached to the upper ends of their posts, sides engaging with the recesses and pins of the said ends, and guard bars secured in recesses in the posts of the ends by pins and staples. The middle part of the rack is supported by a bracket having a recess in the center of its cross-bar to receive the bottom bars of the sides, and recesses in the outer sides of its short posts to receive the guarcl-bars,wl1ich are secured to the said short posts by pins and staples, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.

A are the end frames, each of which is formed of two posts connected at their upper parts by two cross-bars connected at their lower parts by two cross bars and strengthened by two diagonal bars or braces.

The inclined sides 13 of the rack are formed of parallel bars or slats connected at their upper and lower ends by longitudinal bars.

The ends of the longitudinal bars of the sides 33 project and the ends of the top bars rest in recesses O in the top bars of the ends A, at the inner sides of the posts, where they are secured in place by pins D passing through the said posts and into the said ends of the longitudinal bars. The ends of the bottom longitudinal bars of the sides B rest in recesses E in the centers of the bottom bars of the ends A.

At the lower part of each side of the rack are placed three guard-bars, F, the ends of which are dovetailed and are fitted into dovetailed recesses formed to receive them in the outer sides of the posts of the ends A, where they are secured in place by upright pins G passed through staples H or other keepers attached to the said posts of the rack ends.

The middle parts of the sides B and of the guard-bars F are supported by a bracket, I, formed of a cross-bar having short posts attached to its ends and strengthened in place by inclined braces, as shown in Fig. 3.

The center of the cross-bar of the bracket I has a recess, J, formed in it to receive the bottom bars of the sides'B, and the outer sides of the short posts of the said bracket are recessed to receive the guard bars F, which are secured in place by pins G and staples H in the same manner as the ends of the said guardbars are secured to the posts of the ends B, hereinbefore described.

The rack can be moved from place to place by placing runners beneath its side parts, or by taking it apart and loading it upon a sled or wagon.

The rack is taken apart by withdrawing the pins G, which allows the guard-bars F to drop out of their recesses. The bottoms of the ends A are then swung outward until the top bars of the sides B can be withdrawn from the pins D, and the rack is in pieces,and can be readily put together again when desired.

With this construction the guard-bars F and the lower cross-bars of the ends A prevent hogs from having access to the fodder, and the spaces between the guard-bars F and the sides B receive any fodder that the stock may pull out of the rack and drop to the ground, the said guard-bars F preventing the said fodder from being trampled upon, so that it can be put back into the rack, if desired.

The racks can be made of any desired size; but I prefer to make them so large that each rack can receive a ton of hay at a time.

The inclination of the sides B of the rack causes the fodder to feed itself down as it is withdrawn from below by the stock,so that it will require no attention after the fodder is placed in it, unless it should become neces- 2. In a feed-rack, the combination,withthe sary to replace the waste fodder in the rack.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 5 1. A feed-rack constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the ends A, having recesses O E, and pins D, the sides B, engaging with the recesses and pins of the said ends, and the guard-bars F,

o secured in recesses in the posts of the ends by pins and staples G H, as set forth.

sides B, and the guard-bars F,of the brackets I, having recess J, the pins G, and the staples H, substantially as herein shown and de- 15 scribed, whereby the middle part of the said rack will be firmly supported, as set forth.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAGGONER.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. LINK, D. MoREYNoLns. 

